Publication: The Necessity of Practical Wisdom
Authors
Fuentes, Jorge Ignacio
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Servicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de Murcia
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.555271
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Abstract
Defiendo una lectura del desarrollo
generalizada de la Ética a Nicómaco de Aristóteles
argumentando que ella permite formular
una solución promisoria al problema del instrumentalismo
de la sabiduría práctica (φρόνησις)
con respecto a la sabiduría teorética (σοφία).
Este problema consiste en que, si aceptamos las
premisas instrumentalistas, debemos evaluar al
texto aristótelico como inconsistente. Muestro
limitaciones en las soluciones propuestas tanto
por intelectualistas como por inclusivistas. Luego
caracterizo el modelo de desarrollo personal que
mi interpretación adjudica al texto aristotélico y
proveo evidencia textual para sostenerlo. La lectura
del desarrollo generalizada que propongo
constituye una aproximación intermedia entre el
intelectualismo y el inclusivismo dado que acepta
una versión débil de intelectualismo mientras
mantiene que la sabiduría práctica es tan necesaria
como la sabiduría teorética para alcanzar la
eudaimonia. Más aún, la sabiduría práctica tiene
un rol genético como opuesto a uno meramente
instumental. Finalmente, proveo dos argumentos para mostrar que el instrumentalismo es incompatible
con la interpretación que propongo aquí y
que, por tanto, el problema del instrumentalismo
no representa una amenaza para ella.
I defend a generalized developmentalist reading of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics by arguing that it allows for a promising solution to the problem of instrumentalism of practical wisdom regarding theoretical wisdom. This problem consists in that if we accept the instrumentalist premise, we must consider the Aristotelian text as inconsistent. I show shortcomings in the solutions proposed by intellectualists and inclusivists. I then characterize the model of personal development my interpretation ascribes to the Aristotelian text and provide textual evidence. The generalized developmentalist reading I propose constitutes a middle ground between intellectualism and inclusivism since it accepts weak intellectualism while maintaining that practical wisdom is as necessary as theoretical wisdom for eudaimonia. Moreover, practical wisdom has a genetic as opposed to an instrumental role. Finally, I give two arguments to show that instrumentalism is incompatible with the interpretation proposed here and that the problem of instrumentalism poses no threat to it.
I defend a generalized developmentalist reading of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics by arguing that it allows for a promising solution to the problem of instrumentalism of practical wisdom regarding theoretical wisdom. This problem consists in that if we accept the instrumentalist premise, we must consider the Aristotelian text as inconsistent. I show shortcomings in the solutions proposed by intellectualists and inclusivists. I then characterize the model of personal development my interpretation ascribes to the Aristotelian text and provide textual evidence. The generalized developmentalist reading I propose constitutes a middle ground between intellectualism and inclusivism since it accepts weak intellectualism while maintaining that practical wisdom is as necessary as theoretical wisdom for eudaimonia. Moreover, practical wisdom has a genetic as opposed to an instrumental role. Finally, I give two arguments to show that instrumentalism is incompatible with the interpretation proposed here and that the problem of instrumentalism poses no threat to it.
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Citation
Daimón n. 96, 2025
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